Financial Controller Fractional Cfo

3 days ago

Durban, South Africa Afrikye Full time

Overview Our client is seeking a globally experienced Financial Controller to join their growing team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the integrity, scalability and strategic insight of the company’s accounting function. You will be required to build systems and people that let the CEO sleep at night and impress lenders, investors and tax authorities; report to the CEO; act as de-facto CFO; and oversee our year one. You’ll cut the close to three days, migrate key entities from cash to accrual and stand-up a three-layer accounting team (junior, senior, lead). Responsibilities Lead monthly, quarterly and annual closes across 100 legal entities; manage consolidations, intercompany eliminations and minority-interest reconciliations. Serve as primary liaison for external auditors, tax advisors and banking partners; ensure clean audits and timely filings. Build, refine and enforce internal controls, policies and procedures across finance and procurement. Deliver executive reporting: dashboarding, financial KPIs and investor decks for board and fundraising use. Support budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling and strategic planning processes. Mentor and grow junior/mid-level accounting and finance staff. Qualifications Matric Bachelors in Accounting or similar; CPA strongly preferred 810 years total experience including 3 years as Controller / Assistant Controller; CPA highly preferred. Fluent English (C1 / C2) with the ability to present financials to non-finance leaders. Mastery of U.S. GAAP consolidations and multi-entity real-estate accounting; Yardi power-user depth; advanced Excel / Power BI. Experience with OCR / AP automation (AvidXchange) or Tableau. Disclaimer: Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful. Required Experience : Key Skills Accounting Software, GAAP, QuickBooks, General Ledger Accounting, Accounting, IFRS, Sage, Regulatory Reporting, Workers' Compensation Law, Budgeting, ERP Systems, Financial Management Employment Type : Full-Time Experience : years Vacancy : 1 #J-18808-Ljbffr

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